Akimo:
I live in Ireland for over 7 years and I am a Polish woman and made some good friends here among Polish, French, Czech, Spanish and Australian women. Numbers of times we had a chat about Irish men. Common opinions disregard of what origin and culture we are coming from were as follows:
Pluses of Irish men:
- easy-going, relaxed attitude;
- less possesive towards their women;
Minuses:
- cannot communicate straight and express what do they really think about something or someone;
- narrow - minded and sadly only a few of them are educated, so there are not too many topics you can discuss with them. Common topics which you can discuss with an average Irish men are - football, rugby, mortgage, making money, spending money, mortgage, making money, sportand making more money. NOTHING ABOUT CLUTURE, BOOKS, TRAVELS;
- hypervigilant about themselves;
- immature personality especially if it comes to building relationships with women - very often they don't know how to apprach woman and to start discussion, they are scared to see in woman a strenght, soul mate and their sexuality in a good way. One day one some Irish man said to my beautifull Czech friend " we didn't have such beautifull women in this country, it only happens for a few years, therefore we are not use to it". Well, there are also pretty Irish ladies and were here before, so no comments.
- atttiude towards foreign women - they treat these women like a piece of fresh meat, escorts, even like a kind of a sub race. And many of them would date foreign women only for their physical apperance or just for sex. I will not mention that many of them would avoid to show such foreign girlfriend to his friends, like if it was a disgrace.
- for some reason they think we all are here only for their money and will hunt for them and their pockets. Surprisingly we don't.
- they don't look after themselves - don't care about the right food, sport, hygiene (yes in 21st century), appearance. As a result they are aging quicker than other nationalities and look 10 years older than they are;
- very money oriented;
- serial cheater, many of them go to prostitutes (above average in EU);
- addiction to drugs and alkohol - it is a common problem with Irish society nowdays;
- we found incredible amazing how many of Irish men have problems with their psychic health - it is also discussed in media, so many of them suffer of depression, neurosis, take antidepressants. A lot of them cannot deal and handle personal problems. It is very sad, because this country has a wealth above an average in EU, even in recession;
- lack of ambition, a will to achieve and make life better for themselves;
Considering these opinions I have to say I was never interested in having Irish boyfriend/husband. Absolutely I have to say I met here and worked with a very good, lovely Irish guys, intelligent and open - minded, but these present minority.Thankfully I am attached to a wonderfull, inteligent and handsome Polish man.
